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Show KING ALFONSO IS ARDENT HUNTER Rises Early to Pursue the Chamois on Ridges of Mountains i Hy Associated l'res . i san'TA'Ni En. slain. Sept. '. (Correspondence) (Cor-respondence) No fatigue or physpial effort Is too great for King Alfonso w hen In- de. ides im co hunting tin chamois in the Picoj de Europa, as he did this year In, August after attending attend-ing the horse racea and personal My steering his yacht to victory in the i.-K.itt.i at .Mil senistian I nis lime as an evceutlon. he vvas accompanied I - a number of women, who love hunting hun-ting and who are connected by family, ties with the roval hou.:'. as well a . lv some personal sporting friends. : TAKES WOMEN i -The party included the Queen, Prin-' cess Alice of Albany, the Infanta Luis. , lot nit. Carlos, Prince and Princeaa de Bourbon, Lord Athlone, the fOOrquls snd .Marchioness de Vlana.l the Marquia and Marchioness de VII-lavldoaa VII-lavldoaa de Aaturlas. Luis de Hust-amantC Hust-amantC and a number of court ttlnct-(Oltarles ttlnct-(Oltarles Of high rank. The central iolni of ihe hunting Is Pens ieja, rlghi In the heart of the Picos. and io reach the roval hunting box a very trying three ori four hours' horaebaeU ride Is nc-ccasary. nc-ccasary. The distance from Camaleno, where the party mounts, is only 13 mlle but the ascent Is sharp all the : way and ai places great care has to be taken In passing along narrow paths looking over abrupt pi.ctpi cs. The site of the hunting box is j Lloroza. at a height of S.450 feet above sea -level and here has lieen built a' miniature palace containing many modem comforts. At night it Is always al-ways cold at this height and many of ihe mountain pcls are covered1 with eternal snow. Even during the day cool winds are constant Is i I l i. HUNTER Acilvilv Is the watchword during the King's short stay Everybody must have breakfasted and be ready to start at seven In the morning for the higher peaks where the chamois Is found. , All the hunters are provided with ropes In case of danger In posilhg the deep precipices, on the edges ol ! which the chamOla generally Is found. Great agility Is requisite once the game has Inen marked. The small animals are usually noticed at a long distance like small black dots leaping from point to point Shooting has to be I extremely accurate and as a rule many .shots are expended on one animal as he dashes headlong among the rocks. Sometimes a mountain mist arises and then shooting is almost useless while It causes the hunters to separate ' and oftentimes to get lost In the mountains, where partiei of miners, who are numerous in the district, i ' search for them i! However. Alfonso was this year lucky as regards to weather and each ! dav the royal parly brought back to the hunting box on tho backs of donkeys a collsldei a tile hag , game il Notw kthatonding the atrenuousneas ! of the the days work, the King was I I always ready the follow ing morning lo I start out again at an early hour some- times, however, leaving various meni-i, meni-i, bers of (he party behind |